The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1924, Page 1

. has resulted WEATHER FORECAST narck and vicinit and somewhat uhsettled. EST BLISHED 1873 Cloudy BIS ARCK, NORTH D! KOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS | HEAVY SNOW STORM SWEEPS MIDDLE WEST a ee FARMING WILL STAY-COULTER Agricultural College President Says Few Farmers Will Revert to Old § GAIN IS eT Average North Dakota Farm Is Declared Far Too Large By Dr. Coulter Fargo, N. D., Dee. 5.—Will bountiful 1921 crops of wheat and other small grains coupled with a good price, influence North Dakota farmers tu return to small grain farming of the “good old days” and abandon the program of accelerated di tion that received — such impetus during the past two sea sons? Some farmers will be so influene dy and will go backward to the old tem but the most of them will go forward so th a safer, sounder and more profitable type of farming in this state, be- lieves Dr. John Lee Coulter, presi- dent of the North Dakota Agricul- | tural college. Thé adoption of the new type of farming for this state with its many crops instead of one will cause th breaking up of many of the bigger farms into smaller units, the pres- ident belie “The ave farm in North Da- kota is too large a unit to be oper- ated by the farmer and his family,’ declares Dr. Coulter. “The average farm in this state consists of 465 acres or an acreage more than four times large as is the average farm in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Mich- igan or Wisconsin. In the latter states the average is 108 acres. Steady Business “Farming is not a business where men expect to get rich, The ideal is a prosperous, happy, contented, intelligent family in every farm home. To reach this ideal, farming must be organized on a sound basis both practical and scientific. Where- as in 1919 the three small, grain cash crops—wheat, rye and flax— represented 62.6 per cent of all crop acreage, ip 1924 they represented only 53.2 per cent. It is believed that in another five years these cash crops will not occupy more than one-third of the crop land in the state. Smaller and better or- franized farms, more farms, more childven in our schools and more people to support them, lower taxes per capita, more and higher valued -products to be shipped with rela- tively'lower freight rates, a greater volume of banking with lower inter- est rates, smaller acreages of small grains but higher yields per acre at lower cost per bushel, more hay and pasture, feed and forage crops and livestock and livestock products and greater income from this source, more home owning, prosperous, hap- py, educated and contented people, these are some of the results ex- pected from this program of re-or- ganization.” Full of Resources “It is a great state, full of re- sources, strength and youth but with as still some of the awkwardness of youth, he explains. This land is young. Fifty years ago it was large- ly occupied by Indians, buffalo, deer and, antelope and wild poultry. ‘To- day, while facing the two basic tasks of reorganized production and mar- keting, it is finding its true strength and possibilities us a producer of. food for the nation. North Dakota’ covery from the situation follow! is due partly to the higher pr: er yields of wheat and other g! seed crops, in Doctor Coulter's opin- ion, But while more money was be- ing received by the farmer for his crops he was spending less because the average farmer was producing more of the supplies for the family as well as getting receipts from the sale of eggs, poultry, dairy products, honey and bees, meat, wool, pota- toes, vegetables and fruits. This is an indirect way keting corn, oats and barl clover and other forage crop Another reason for the state’s re- covery is the more balanced produc- tion, according to Dr. Coulter, which in a decrease in the wheat acreage ynd an increuse in the acreage of feed und forage crops. Decreased Wheat Acreage “Of prime importance in agricul- ture’s. recovery is the fact that in the United States the furmers have decreased their wheat acreage from almost 76 million acres in 1919 to less than 54 million in 1924, a de: crease of almost 22 million acre: explains the president. “Assuming in a series of years an average yield per acre of 15 bushels for the Unit- ed States as a whole, this meant a decrease in the world supply for 1924 as compared to 1919 of about 880 million bushels. “Another important fact was the rapid redevelopment of effective world demand through. reestablish- ment of international credits and settlement of reparations, This re- adjustment of supply and demand ‘brought about better prices—an ad- vance in North Dakota of from 40 (Continued on page 3) of mar- Ifalfa, the | the net gain will be} Reus | ' | i Rita Weiman, author anc playwrig in which she declared she'd neve Here she is with her Thanksg advertis FIRE DEATHS BRING TRIAL Former Willow City Man AL} leged to Have Indirectly Caused Dezths Bottincau, N. D., Dec, 5. Rollofson, former Willow ber, charged with degree in connection which on Sept. death to three City you 1 Mr, and Mrs, F. J. Warner of Willow City, will go on trial in district court here today. Judge, W. J. Kneeshiaw is presiding. J. D. Stenson of Bismarek, deputy state fire marshal, who investigated the fire, is the principal witness. Rollofson ha8 been out under | heavy bonds. Only one of the four Waruer chil dren escaped. The parents and one son, Am brose, were serving refreshinen at a dance across the s when the fire was discovered A wall of fire blocked the stairway to the bedroom of the sleeping children. Judge Kneeshaw has not nated the county in which charges against former officials of a Max- bass bank, now closed, will be tried. de GROWERS TAKE Are Filed Against County Farmers Steele, N. D., Dec. 5. against Phillip Preszler Leno, both of Tuttle, h: in the Kidder county court and have been placed for execution in the hands of the sheriff of that county for levy on their property, according to A. Dakota Wheat Growers association, - These judgments represent liquid- ated damages of 25 cents per bushel for wheat sold elsewhere than through the pool, and were awarded through ,default of the defendants in appearing in court in answer te the charges. The association was granted a judgment of $408.75 against Mr, Pres- Judgments and Jaeob been filed zler and $100 against Mr. Leno, Mr. Scott asserted t the offi- cials of the association do not wish to be “hard-boiled” with members who refiise to fulfill the provisions of the contract signed by them, but in fairness to the loyal members they are forced'to proceed against con- tract-breakers, even to the extent of invoking the state law. t STARTS HOBO SCHOOL Vienna, Dec, 5.—Franz Goddell, a retired farmer, is to start a school for hoboes. He holds that -‘tramp- ing” is a fine art and is worthy of special study. All the instructors in the school will be gypsies, according to present plans. Class sessions will be held in the open air. The en- trance fee is nominal. Martin | Imr- | of | ding | » | this city Affidavits against the — pr judge and Batanga County We filed. The bankers are charged with | v HatIB various phases of the bank- ing laws. 2 JUDGMENTS Kidder | . Scott, secretary of the North} Said She Wouldn’t But She Did ht, wrote an article for a magazine marry. But she was only a woman. ridegroom, Maurice Marks, hg man i“RADIO RASH” IS AFFLICTIO (By the A. Po rope’s newest affliction. It n eruption of the tender skin of the ears of Wireless devotees, resulting from {the constant pressure of the hard } rubber hy Dr. Mar- |) cus of V ing on the a clinical review, s\ very* annoying, en attended tu soft rubber the MURDER CLUE ~~ TS FOLLOWED for i while prompt! Developments Expected in 1 Death of Carrington Man Carrington, N. D., Dee. the arrest of B. Chaney Sioux | City, further developments in the mystery surrounding the disappeat- of John Goings, of Carrington, expected daily. Clancy was one of the two men who left here with ings November 17. + Sheriff Alicn R. Hall returned to late yesterday afternoon with George Goings, the brother of |the man whose automobile was ‘found in Minneapolis with only | bloodstains on it to give a clue to the probuble murder, The two men }left Carrington Friday afternoon and jwent to Minneapolis where they j worked with the Minneapolis police department, assisted by Captain ane | Crummy, of the detective bureau, When Sh Y Hall teft Carringt }he had information about Clancy {which led to hi arrest’in Sioux City several di later. Ed Helm, the other man who ompanied Goings when he left bere, has not been seen since he attempted to jcash a travelers cheek, thought to be Goings’ in Minneapolis. T ‘of Goings’ and his two com- picked up at Elbow where restaurant em- ployes said the men stopped for # Hlunch about noon, November 18, No trace has been found of nd efforts to find him have panions was Lake, Minn., ings, 1 to date failed, largely because noth- ing has been learned from Clancy und Helm is still ut large. Police, working on the clues they already have, are refatively certain that Go- ings was attacked between Elbow Luke and Minneapolis and probably | murdered, his body being disposed | of some place relatively neur to the high George Goings, the brother of the | missing man, last saw his brother | when John left his brother’s home in Jamestown, the morning of No- vember 18, Sheriff Hall and Geooge | Goings drove back to Carrington in | the car of the missing man. County Bar Body to Meet annual meeting of the Bur- The leigh County Bar Association of which Benton Baker is president and Gordon V. Cox is secretary, will be held in the McKenzie Hotel Tuesday, December 9. There will be a dinner at 6:30 p.m, Officers will [be elected for the ensuing year. BRITISH WANT (MURDER CASE {BRITISH CABINET OFFICERS ARE TOKNOW WHAT] GOES TO JURY FRENCH PLAN Interested in Negotiations Over Payment of Debt To United States BRITAIN HAS A_ BILL France’s Debt to Her About Same as U. S.—Wants to Share in Payment London, Dec. 5.—The British gov: ernment, it stated in official quarters today, is expected to ad- a note to the American and French governments soon requesting those governments to inform Great Britain what steps have been taken or are anticipated in settling the French war debt to the United States. Such inquiries, it was stated, were natural after the recent statements made both in France and in the United States regarding the prelim- inary negotiations to such a settle- ment, as Great Britain not only was uninformed of such steps but never has been approached on the subject of any settlement of the French war debts to the British government. France's debt to Great Britain | amounts to 623,000,000 pounds with 728,000,000 owed by France to the United ate: It is pointed out {that Great Britain has a right to ex- i ct, the sums are almost indentical nd were obtained in the same cause, that the British government. receive the same treatment from France as any other nation in thi tangled problem = of _ inter-allied debts. The British financial ministry is neces bound to follow public opinion largely ‘in’ the matter of. debts, it was stated, POLICE QUELL NEAR RIOT ssion of Daughters of the Confederacy Is Lively Police were ‘tore order Washington, called te yest at am ing of the District of Col- (umbin chapter of the United Daugh- f the Confederacy in special session to elect officers for the | hington organization. ce It a. m, the convention had been in turmoil without interruption with accusations hurtling back and forth between the contending — fae- tions, one of which is led by Mrs. Drury C. Ludlow, ang the other by Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, who is act- ing as president general over the pro- test of many of the delegates. One woman finally ran to a tele- phone to summon the police and a negro patrolman responded. His ap- pearance sobered both sides, and the meeting broke up with a final argu- ment over who had sent for him. PRISON COW MAKES RECORD Unusual Production of Milk Is Reported ‘The state penitentiary’s dairy herd has one member who is on her way to a milk producing record, in the belief of officials. She is Hannah Dutchland Duchess No. 621338, Hol- stein, who produced 661.3 pounds of milk containing 20.42 pounds of but- terfat, equal to 2 pounds of but- ter, in seven days. The cow is five ears old and has not shown any record-breaking tendencies until the present year. When it became nec- essary to milk her four times a day, a special grain ration was prepared for her. During the test she got the fol- lowing ration: three parts cach of corn, oats, and oilmeal with five parts of bran, She consumed about. one pound of this ration go every three and one haif pounds of milk produced. For roughage she got 30 Ibs. of beets, 12 Ibs. of silage and 15 lbs, of prairie hay. On the high day of her test she produced 88 lbs, of. milk containing 3.75 Ibs. of butter. Contrary to the usual order Hunnah Dutchland Duchess is not of a nervous dispo- ition. Cheyenne Jewel Homestead No. 418416 has also completed a seven day test with 387.9 Ibs. of milk con- taining 17.92 Ibs. of butter. This cow is not a stranger to the breed- ers of this district as she was grand champion Holstein at the Missouri Slope fair in 1928 and third in 1924, HURLS INK BOTTLES Madrid, Dec. 5.—It is impossible to. hire new teachers for a small school on the outskirts of Madrid because the pupils in the building have a habit of throwing ink bottles when they are displeased. The custom is ja traditional one in the school. IN DICKINSON of Dr. Shortridge, Charged With Murder, Given To Jury BITTERLY ARRAIGN Case States Attorney Connolly, in Argument, Flays the Flasher Physician (Special to The Tribune) Dickinson, N. D,, Dee, 6.—The case of second degree murder inst Dr. W. R. Shortridge, on trial in the Stark county district court, was giv- en to a jury today following instruc. tions delivered to the jury by Judge F. B. Lembke. Judge Lembke del ered his instructions after court convened this morning. concluded — last jamming the States Attorney county, States nnolly of Mandan Arguments were night, with crowds court room to hear St PC Attorne: and T. F. Murtha of Dickinson. Expressing a desire to save the jury what might possibly prove an all night battle Judge F. B. Lembke adjourned court late yesterday aft ernoon immediately after attorneys for both the te and the defense in the Shortridge case had complet- ed their closing arguments. The en tire afternoon occupied by the pleas of the attorneys. Presenting the final argument for the prosecution States Attorney Connolly made an eloquent plea for conviction that at times rose to the heights of oratory and left a pro- found impression upon the eager crowd that jammed the court room, d brought tears to the of the women’ present. He emphasized the terrible nature of the crime that he id claimed Freda dler as a saerifice. He scathingly condemned the actions and attitude of the de- fendant physician and characteria- ed him as one from whom the last spark of .manhood, kindness and mercy had fled. He painted a vivid word picture of the plight of the yirl as she went to the defendant for aid in her distress. “And now, gentlemen of the jury,” he said, “the spirit of Preda Nadler stands at the pearly gates holding candlestick containing twelve tapers, each representing one of yourselves asking you to light them in the cause of pustice Will you respond?” Murtha in closing defens: for the masterful pl States Attorney James P. Cain in tke rebultal for the state forcibly brought the attention of the jury to the death certificate submitted as an exhibit and bitterly condemned the character who would violate the law by deliberately mis-stating fuets in the ©: Chaplin’s | “Bride. Has Conformed To School Law Los Angeles, Dee. 5.—Charles Chaplin's 16-year-old bride, formerly Miss Lillian Louise MeMurray, ‘bas met all requirements of the Califor- nia compulsory schooling slaw, it was announced today by Raymond Dun- lop, director of the compulsory ed- ucation department here, which has been investigating the case. HOLD UP RESTAURANT Berlin, Dec. 5.—Five masked ban- dits held up a neighborhood res- tuurant here and ordered the best meal on the menu at the point of guns. They locked the doors behind them and held all the waiters, cooks and other patrons captive until they had finished eating —- dining by turns. ~—_—_- ae | Weather Report | ne) For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation .... Highest wind velo WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Saturday. Not much change in tem- perature. For North Dakota: Cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Sat- urday. Colder extreme west portion tonight. WEATHER CONDITIONS The southern low pressure area has moved northeastward to the Middle Mississippi Valley and con- siderable precipitation occurred in the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region. Another low press- ure area is centered over the north- eastern Rocky Mountain region and precipitation occurred from the western slope of the Rockies to the Pacifie Coast. Fair weather ;pnd slightly lower temperatures prevail throughout the Plains States but seasonable temperatures prevail in all sections. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Metcorologist. GUARDED FROM EGYPTIAN PLOT Judge Fifty Years [Reeponve That Efforts Were Be Made to Strike at Various Ministers and To For Them London, Dec. 5,— (By the A. P.)—British cabinet min- isters and other officials of stale went about duties today ompanied by body guards lence thiz by S. The discovery in Cairo of a plot in which the prime mov- ers were asserted to have been planning outrages against the British ministers was communciated to London yesterd: and placed before Ulinois’ oldest justice of peace,! the cabinet here. Lewis Holloway of Bloomington,has That body immediately retired after 50 years’ service, mar- took steps to safe-guard it- rying thousands of couples self and others concerned. He is the last survivor of the al echt “UNDER ARREST Egyptian sympa- for Abraham Lincoln. He ha at 17 presidential elections PUPILS MARCH | FROMBURNING ; Being Held on Charge of i Arson After Fire HIGH SCHOOL Minot, N. D., Dee. 6.--E. H. Brew- Grandunoria DEEL Se Niner of Parshall, NX. D., a barber, * . as arrested in Minot on a warrant Fire was sCOV ae under a staircase leading to the second floor of the Junior High School shortly before noon today. rson, alleged to, have been ommitted in connection with a fire 20, which destroyed the , charging { ton October pee. ortly : Brewington barber shop, the Sell ai Ab Aare We SehOO |i siiware company and the Goopttl marched from the ing in an {implement company, bringing a loss orderly manner with the excep: | | WOO JbeeaEh tion of a number who attempted to pass down the burning statr- | Nie in the Word county j 1 resident, is 1 in Minot to- case. One girl jumped over the | Gay. bei vi poem jay, being held as a witness. He was banister but was caught by an | taken into custody yesterday at Par- instructor and was not injured. shall by Deputy Sheriff H. E, Li of Stunley and J. D, Stenson of Bi: ; marck, deputy state fire marshal, Both Brewington and King will be ; taken to Stanley in the custody of Sheriff Odin Stray of Mountrail coun- ty and Deputy Sheriff Lund, where Brewington will be arraigned on the arson charge. The complaint against Several others jumped out of window to a roof of a power house a few feet below. None were injured. The rest of the students start- ing down the stairs were turned around by the efforts of the fa- culty members and marched to Ristied by enetnee nr He uke Brewington was signed by Deputy puilding jis an old onc, largely | Fire Marshal Stenson, who hus been jet weovenieconstruction Mme i nvestixatings theltire. since netaw damage from the blaze, which days after it occurred. Information which he has obtained, Mr. Stenson said today, | s him to believe that Brewington at one time made 4 proposition to King that King set the building afire. King was tak- en into custody, Mr. Stenson declares, when it was rumored that he had told friends ‘he intended to “blow out of Parshall SEVEN BROKERS ARE SENTENCED was promptly extinguished, was placed at $500. The cause is un- known, ELECTROCUTE 2FOR MURDER Men Pay Penalty in South Carolina Prison Columbia, S. M. , Dee. 5.—Mortimer ing of Canton, North Carolina, and Frank Harrell of Union County,| Convieted of Misuse of The South Caroli were cleetrocuted at the state penitent here shortly | Mails after 6 o'clock this morning for the murder of Major Samuel MeLeary on} New York, U Seven brokers, M MeLeary, a coast{including William 9. Silkworth, for- artillery officer of the regular army was traveling through the country in his automobile and picked the two jmer president of the Consolidated Stock Exchange, were sentenced by Federal Judge Augustus H. Hand, to men up to give them a ride toward|terms of varying length in federal their homes. His body was found|and county institutions. in the woody several diy» later and! Convicted of using the mails to the two men were subsequent defraud, after the failure of numer- prehended. ous brokerage firms in 1922 from Both confessed the killing, Rob-|which arose. charges of bucketing, bery was the motive, | Silkworth sentenced to Esse Jeounty, New Jersey, jail for 90 d Women ‘of Klan jand ordered to pay $1,000 fine. Blaine J. Nicholas and Earl H. File Papers For — trucsdei, were ordered to Atlanta i : penitentiary for two years. Their North Dakota |jirner, bewitt © Raynor of Roy ‘nor, Nicholas and Truesdell, who The “Women of the Ku Klux Klan” |pleaded guilty and turned state's want authority to operate in North Dakota. Application for authority | the to do business in the state as a fo eign corporation hus been made at | witn lkworth to tution for a 8, will accompany ex county instit! Kaw: rd A. McQuade and Francis the Secretary of State's office by!X Quillan of the curb hgokerage the organization, which has head-{tiim of McQuade Brothers and quarters at Little Rock, Arkunsus. |Quillan, were fined $500 euch and Papers were veturned, Deputy Se » [sent to Essex county jail for 90 retary of State M. W. Duffy said. ' Sentence to the same institu- because they were not in proper fein for a like period, with a $1,000 form, but if presented in proper |iine, was imposed upon Louis Gil- form they will be filed, he added. |bough, former member of the way ‘ fand means committeee of the Con- NEW RADIO DEVICE jsolidated Exchange and a floor tra- London, Dee. 6—A newly invented der for Raynor, Nicholas und Trues- radio device for detecting the pre- {dell, sence of insect life on animals has The convictions all were based on attracted considerable attention charges in connection with the op- among veterinarians here. ‘The de- | eration of Raynor, Nicholas and vice is believed to lead the way 0} Truesdell, which failed in 1922 for new cures for the pests approximately $4,000,000. MANDAN LAUNDRYMAN INJURED ESCAPING FROM BURNING BUILDING N. D. Dec. 5.—C. P.|Chinaman was uwakened. by pedes- Jack, Chinese laundryman, is in the |trians who discovered the building Mandan hospital with severe cuts | ad been fired by hot ashes placed against it. A pocketbook containing about the head, face and hands sus-|several hundred dollars is missing tained when he shattered a window |and the loss to building, equipment with his fist in order to escape from and customers belongings probabl; his burning laundry building. The will be $1,000. nee Z Mandan, $2,000, 0001S. ESTIMATED AS LOSS BY BLAST Bodyguards Are Furnished] Broken Telephone Poles in Nebraska, Iowa, Impaired Train Service, Reported SWEEP: ON TO EAST asa precaution against vio-| Storm, Less Serious, Is Strike ing Mlinois and Other States NORTH DAKOTA SMILES North Dakota continued bask in comparatively mild weather und sunshine today, while snow storms were reported in states to the south, according to O. W. Roberts, weather ob- server. There is very little snow in the state, the weather bureau report- ed, and weather conditions indi- cated to that no storm was ap- proaching the state, The mercury fell to eight above at 8 o'clock this morning here, the lowest of the season except for one drop to two above in November. There was no snow in southwestern North Da- kota und the sun shone brightly early toda Williston reported 26 above as the lowest temperature at that point last night, with the weath- er cloudy, while Moorhead, Minn- esota, reported a minimum tem- perature of 14 above. Chicago, Dec. 5,—Interrupted tel- egraph communication, more than 2,- 000 broken poles in Nebraska and Iuwa, und delayed trains through- out the west central states were the results of the first snow and sleet. storm of the winter, which was mov- ing north and east today. The fury of the elements was abating in the sections where dam- age estimated at more than $2,000,- 000 was done, and forecasts were that the territory in the path of the storm would escape with a minimum lowa were hardest _ railroad and commercial hit, lines crippled or put out of com- with sion for miles west of Omaha. e conditions caused train delays us far west as the Rocky Mountain States. A heavy snowfall in the was reported today with ral inches to a foot or more in Mitnesota, South. Dakota, and part Sioux low: had 10 inches of snow in 24 hours. Sioux Falls had seven inches. States in the vicinity of Colorado were buried un- der several inches of snow. Tem- peratures in the entire storm ter- ritory hovered uround the freezing point, making the precipitation ben- eficial for winter wheat, according to the weather bureau reports. SWEEPS SOUTH Oklahoma City, Dec, 6.—Oklahoma, today was in the grip of the first real cold spell of the winter season. The cold wave struck the state yes- terday and had sent the mercury down near freezing last night. HITS MISSOURI ALSO Kansas City, Dee. 6,—Missouri today lay in the path of the snow storm which swept over Kansas ye terday demoralizing wire communica- tion in the western part of the state and delaying trains. While Missouri experienced rain and snow with sharply lower tem- peratures the storm abated in Kan- sas tod, Snow drifts one to three fect deep were reported in western Kansas but the precipitation taper- er off as the storm moved across the state. d SNOW ID ME SOTA Albert Lea, Minn., Dee, 6.—Three inches of ice and snow cover the ground in this vicinity as ‘a result of the heaviest snow fall of the sea- son last night, Telegraph and tele- phone wires are covered with ice. TEN INCHES OF SNOW Sioux City, Iowa, Dee, 5.—Ten inches of snow has fallen here in the past 20 hours, Street car service was badly hand- icapped yesterday afteriioon because of heavy drifting of the snow. Taxt companies had pressed every avail- able machine into service to meet ssive demands for transporta- STORM WARNINGS Chicago, Dec. 5.—The weather bu- reau gave the following ‘toda; Northwest storm warnings are now displayed on Lake Superior and the northern portions of Lakes Mich. igan, and Huron. Elks District Officers Will Be Here Today William S, Hausmann of Devils Lake, District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, Elks, will be here tonight for an official visit to Bismarck Lodge No. 1199. The local Elks will initiate a class of probably 10 candidates, and a smoker, feed and general get- together of the lodge is planned.